Christmas, week 2
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| Mosaic at Capella Palatina |
- Isaiah 63.7-14 - rescue, rebellion, recall
- Psalm 148 - let every created thing give praise to the LORD!
- Galatians 4.4-7 - adopted as children with full rights
- Luke 2.21-40 - salvation, light, glory revealed in the infant Jesus
- John 1.1-18 - Word becomes flesh and resides among us
the Rescuer, the Creator of every thing, the Adopter, the Savior, the Light, the Glory - not ethereal but flesh - comes to us!
Nativity Prayer
Let the just rejoice, for their justifier is born.
Let the sick and infirm rejoice, for their savior is born.
Let the captives rejoice, for their redeemer is born.
Let slaves rejoice, for their Master is born.
Let free men rejoice, for their Liberator is born.
Let all Christians rejoice, for Jesus Christ is born.
- Augustine of Hippo (Algeria/350-430AD)
